QUESTION TEXT: The author begins with the quote from Kotzebue…
DISCUSSION: Read lines 6-10 to understand the quote. The author implies that the quote was about Schoenberg, but then shocks us by revealing that it was about Beethoven, a composer who is now universally popular.
Therefore, this quote shows that popular opinion about a composer can change over time.
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- The author actually disagrees with this quote. They speak favorably of Beethoven in lines 14-19.
- The quote is about Beethoven, not Schoenberg. See lines 6-10.
- The author never said Beethoven’s work was uneven in quality. Lines 11-19 suggest that the quote was only negative because in 1806 Beethoven’s music was new and shocking.
- CORRECT. Yes. The author is using Beethoven to make an analogy about Schoenberg. Beethoven is popular now, but in 1806 many critics hated him wrote quotes like the one in lines 1-5. So maybe the same thing will happen for Schoenberg eventually.
- Lines 11-12 say that Beethoven initially stirred controversy. So it sounds like many critics in 1806 disliked Beethoven.
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Memberhiyer1@gmail.com says
what in the passage at any point suggests the work of Schoenberg or Beethoven was ever considered “alienating”?